CA2036155A1 - Air pumping assembly for an ice skate pressurized boot - Google Patents
Air pumping assembly for an ice skate pressurized bootInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
- A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
- A43B5/0405—Linings, paddings or insertions; Inner boots
- A43B5/0407—Linings, paddings or insertions; Inner boots inflatable
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
An air pump assembly is disclosed which com-prises an outer shell and an inner shell nested within the outer shell; the shells defining between them a hous-ing into which is secured an air pump. The latter includes an air chamber having a solid base and a resilient pumping membrane; the pump further including valving unit in air communication with the air chamber, the unit being provided with an air deflation rod. The housing has an aperture capable of giving access to the flexible membrane to operate the pump. This housing is sized so that the air pump is held completely in it to protect it against outer shocks; the membrane being accessible from outside the outer shell through the aperture. The same outer shell is formed with an outwardly open recess into which the deflation rod is received; this recess being sized for the rod to be held wholly in it and be protected against outer shocks.
An air pump assembly is disclosed which com-prises an outer shell and an inner shell nested within the outer shell; the shells defining between them a hous-ing into which is secured an air pump. The latter includes an air chamber having a solid base and a resilient pumping membrane; the pump further including valving unit in air communication with the air chamber, the unit being provided with an air deflation rod. The housing has an aperture capable of giving access to the flexible membrane to operate the pump. This housing is sized so that the air pump is held completely in it to protect it against outer shocks; the membrane being accessible from outside the outer shell through the aperture. The same outer shell is formed with an outwardly open recess into which the deflation rod is received; this recess being sized for the rod to be held wholly in it and be protected against outer shocks.
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BAC~GRO ~D OF THE INIV~NTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to an air pump a~sembly adapted for mounting on the boot of an air-pressurized ice-skate, and to such an a~embly in combina-tion with an air-pressurized ice-skateO
Descripti.on of -the Prior Art An air pump assembly of the above type is already known and is used for mounting on the ri.gid outer shell of an air-pressurized ski-boot, as disclosed in U.S. patent No. 4,730,403 of March 15, 1988. In that patent, the air pump itself, which feeds air into an air bladder mounted between the outer shell and the cushioning inner material of the boot, has an operating pump flap or push button and a deflation rod both oE
which protrude from the pump body as well as from the boot outer shell. They are therefore easily accessible for finger actuation but, by the same token, can ac-cidentally be operated if the boot hits obstacles during ~ 20 skiin~. This is of course not likely to happen and it : :~ may be said that a ski boot so equipped is safe in this re~pect~ This would however no~ be the case i~ an air- .;~
: ~ pump assembly o this type was to be mounted on the boot :of an ice-skate when used for paying hockey. The pump 25flap :or membrane and the deflation rod would then be : subject to untimely operation due to outside shock~ rasult- .
ing from flying pucks, hockey æticks or even the blades of~another~player's ice-skate.
SUMNARY OF_TH~ INVENTION
30~; It is t:herefore an object of the present inven-~: : tion to provide an air-pump assembly o the above -type where the pump flap or flexible membrane and the deflation :, : ~ ' ~ 3 rod are completely sheltered from out~ide, yet are available Eor finger actuation.
More specifically, the invention provide~ an air-pumping assembly comprising: an air pump which inclu-des a body having a rigid base and a pumping membranesolid with and movable relative to the base to define an air chamber; the pump further including a val~ing unit in operative air communication with the chamber;
this unit including an outwardly projecting deflation rod the pumping assembly further has a first and a second shell nested within the first ~hell and which, in combination, define a pump housing in which the pump is mounted, this housing having an aperture capable of giving access to the pumping membrane ~or operating the pump. The pump is mounted within the hou~ing which is sized so that the said pump is held completely in it so as to be protected against outside shocks while the aperture is likewise suitably sized so that the membrane i5 accessible for operation from outside the first shell.
According to the invention, the flexib].e shell is also formed with an outwardly open recess into which the deflection rod i8 received, this recess being sized so :that the rod is held completely in it to be protected ~ against outside shocks while being accessible from outside 25: the first shell for actuation.
: ~ ~ The assembly described above may advanta~eously ~ include a third shell ne~ting into the second shell, : the three shells beiny secured together.
. The invention also applie~ to such an assembly when in combination with an ice-skate comprising a boot having a rigid outer shell including a back section and an in1atable air bladder, in the ~hell; this bladder having an air inlet pipe connected to an air inflation : - 2 -.
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pipe of the pump: æ-titchin~ means securing -the boot back sec-tion and a stitching Elange of the third shell together.
Good nesting can be achieved by having the three shell~ appropriately arcuately bent about their vertical and horizontal axes.
Further objects and advan~ages of the invention will appear from -the de~cription -that follow~ o~ a prefer-red embodiment having reference to the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DR~WINGS
Figure 1 is a dia~rammatic perspective view of a known ice-~kate provided with an air-pump assembly according to the invention; Figure 2 being a diagrammatic exploded si.de view of the same;
Figure 3 is a diagrammatic elevation view of the air-pump assembly and Figures 4 to 6, cross-sectional views respectively along line~ IV-IV, V-V, and VI-VI
of Pigure 3; Figure IV further including a thixd shell.
DESCRIPTXON O~ THE PREFER~ED ~MBODIMENT
The air-pumping assembly 1 is ~hown to be mounted, in Figures 1 and 2, on the back section 3 of a conventional ice-skate 5 in which the skatin~ blade 7 i~ fixed to the boot 9. The latter has, between its ; stiff outer shell and its cushioning inner material, an inflatable air bladder 11 which serves, as is known, ~: : to provide a better and more comfortable grip of the wearer's foot. Connected to the bladder 11 i5 a flexible air conducting plpe 13 extending out of the boot ~, at its back.
~he a~ernbly 1 itself iæ seen to compri~e an air pump 15 of known type and e3sentially -the same as the air pump di~c:lo~ed in the above~mentioned U.S. patent.
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, ' ,, ,," '; ,-',, ' ~ ` : ' ~ , : , ' ~ ~ 3 ~d Its body defines an air chamber 17 (Fig. 4), having a rigid base 19 and a pumping memb:rane 20 movable rela-ti~e to the base 19, being composled of a hard flat pushbu-tton 21 having a circumscribing resilient skirt 23 merging, at its free end, into a rigid lobe 25 air-tightly press-fitted into an appropriate niche 27 provided in the base 19. An air-outlet conduit 29 leads the air out of the chamber. As gathered, depression of the push button 21 sends air out of the chamber 17 through khe conduit 29. A check-valve (not shown) allows air to be sucked into the chamber 17 upon release oE the push button 21. Th~ air-pump 15 :Eurther includes a valving unit 31 to which the conduit 29 is connected. Leading out of the Ullit 31 is a hard pipe 33 over the outwardly ribbed end of which the end of the bladder flexible air pipe 13 is mounted.
The valve unit 31 includes, in known manner and somewhat like the valve unit of a common tire air-chamber, a valve sleeve into which a valve head is movable between an open position when the membrane push button 21 i~ depressed to allow air into the bladder 11 through the air pipes 33 and 13, and a close position under a spring bias applied on the stem of the valve head when the push button 21 is released. Additionally, the valving unit 31 includes an axially displaceable deflation rod coaxial with the valve-head stem and operable from outside the valve sleeve to contact and move the valve-head stem and valve head t.G open position against the stem bias, when it is desired to evacuate the air bladder 30 through an appropxiate bleeding arrangement of the valving unit.
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The air-pumpiny assembly 1 also comprises a first shell 37 intu which nest~ a second shell 39, both being advantageously slightly concave about their vertical and horizontal axes as seen in Figs~ 4, 5 and 6. They define b~tween them a pump housing 41 having an apexture 43 capable of giving access to the push button 21 for operating the pump which is fixecl to the pump body in a manner described hereinbelow.
According to the invention, the size of the housing 41 is sufficient so that the air pump 15 i9 held wholly in it, protectively against outside shocks, as best appreciated in Figs. l and 5; the membrane push button 21 being then of course accessible from outside the first shell 37 through the aperture 43. For this ..
purpose, the operative portion of the pump membrane 20, that is the push button 21, stands flush with the outer surface o$ the ~irst shell 37, as in Fig. 5. It is recom-mended however, for ~reater protection, thiat it stand ~
inwardly of the pump housing 41 short of the aperture 43, as appreciated from Fig. 1. - .
Again in ~accordance with the invention, the first shell 37 bends inward to form an angle defining an outwardly open nook or recess 45 (Figs. 1, 6) into ~ ~ which the deflection rod 35 extends. Again and somewhat ~;
: 25: like the housing 41, the size o~ the recess 45 is suffi-cient so that the rod 35 is completely received in it, protectively against outside shocks or blows from a flying .
puck, a hockey stick or the skatin~ blade of another player, as a~oresaid~
For a stronger construction and also for aes-thetic reasons, :it is recommended that the two concave shells 37, w1th the pump 15 secured in the housing 41, be~ fitted over an outwaxdly convex thlrd shell ~7 and : :
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-the three shells secured together by medical-type rivets 49, as in Fig. 6. These rivets are well known and include an outer disk-like head that should be enclosed in appro-priate recesses of the flrst shell 37, flush with its outer surface.
The third shell could be made, for instance, of hard foam material coated with a layer of fabric material on its side facing the second shell 39. As to the first and second shells 37, 39, they could be made of hard nylon.
As shown, the second shell 39 has straight pump brackets 51, 53, essentially parallel in pairs and clirected away from the first shell 37 around the housing aperture 43. These brackets Sl, 53, are further turned toward one another at their ends away Erom the aperture 43 to form a bottom support 55 for the air pump 15.
The support 55 is apertured to allow exit of the pump outlet pipe 33 (Fig. 5). The brackets 51, 53, the bottom support 55 and the first shell 37 around th~ aperture 43 define together the housing 41 for the pump lS. The ~third shell 47, on the other hand, is recessed at 57 (Fig. 6~ to receive the bottom support 55. Also, the outer face of the second shell 39 is turned in at 59 ~into a flange joining an adjacent one of the pump brackets ~ 53 to form an angle into which lodges the angle of the first shell 37 de~ining the nook or rece~s 45. One side ~of~each o the angle~ has appxopriate holeis through which the deflation rod 35 may slide.
With reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 5, it is seen that the bottom part of the outer first shell 37 is bent inwarcl to form a boss 61 snapped lnto a compa nion groove 63 o~ the second shell 39 to hel~ in po~ition-, Ing the two shell6.
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Fiyure 4 shows that the pump 15 is ~ecured on the second shell 39 by means of a tongue-and-groove connection 65 between the pump base 19 and the pump brackets 53.
For a steadier hold of the pump 15 within the housing 41/ the first shell 37 has inwardly turned shoul-ders 67, around the aperture 43, which bu-tt against the hard base 19.
Finally, the inward end o the third shell 47 is formed with a circumscribing stitchlng flange 69.
Referring to Fig. 2, portions of the leather strips ~orm-ing the boot back section 3 have been turned out into flaps 71, 73, to ~how how the lower portion of the flange 69 is fixed to the boot by stitching 75. The upper por-tion of the flange 69 is, however, tucked beneath the rolled over edge 77 of thP upper end of the boot back eection.
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BAC~GRO ~D OF THE INIV~NTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to an air pump a~sembly adapted for mounting on the boot of an air-pressurized ice-skate, and to such an a~embly in combina-tion with an air-pressurized ice-skateO
Descripti.on of -the Prior Art An air pump assembly of the above type is already known and is used for mounting on the ri.gid outer shell of an air-pressurized ski-boot, as disclosed in U.S. patent No. 4,730,403 of March 15, 1988. In that patent, the air pump itself, which feeds air into an air bladder mounted between the outer shell and the cushioning inner material of the boot, has an operating pump flap or push button and a deflation rod both oE
which protrude from the pump body as well as from the boot outer shell. They are therefore easily accessible for finger actuation but, by the same token, can ac-cidentally be operated if the boot hits obstacles during ~ 20 skiin~. This is of course not likely to happen and it : :~ may be said that a ski boot so equipped is safe in this re~pect~ This would however no~ be the case i~ an air- .;~
: ~ pump assembly o this type was to be mounted on the boot :of an ice-skate when used for paying hockey. The pump 25flap :or membrane and the deflation rod would then be : subject to untimely operation due to outside shock~ rasult- .
ing from flying pucks, hockey æticks or even the blades of~another~player's ice-skate.
SUMNARY OF_TH~ INVENTION
30~; It is t:herefore an object of the present inven-~: : tion to provide an air-pump assembly o the above -type where the pump flap or flexible membrane and the deflation :, : ~ ' ~ 3 rod are completely sheltered from out~ide, yet are available Eor finger actuation.
More specifically, the invention provide~ an air-pumping assembly comprising: an air pump which inclu-des a body having a rigid base and a pumping membranesolid with and movable relative to the base to define an air chamber; the pump further including a val~ing unit in operative air communication with the chamber;
this unit including an outwardly projecting deflation rod the pumping assembly further has a first and a second shell nested within the first ~hell and which, in combination, define a pump housing in which the pump is mounted, this housing having an aperture capable of giving access to the pumping membrane ~or operating the pump. The pump is mounted within the hou~ing which is sized so that the said pump is held completely in it so as to be protected against outside shocks while the aperture is likewise suitably sized so that the membrane i5 accessible for operation from outside the first shell.
According to the invention, the flexib].e shell is also formed with an outwardly open recess into which the deflection rod i8 received, this recess being sized so :that the rod is held completely in it to be protected ~ against outside shocks while being accessible from outside 25: the first shell for actuation.
: ~ ~ The assembly described above may advanta~eously ~ include a third shell ne~ting into the second shell, : the three shells beiny secured together.
. The invention also applie~ to such an assembly when in combination with an ice-skate comprising a boot having a rigid outer shell including a back section and an in1atable air bladder, in the ~hell; this bladder having an air inlet pipe connected to an air inflation : - 2 -.
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pipe of the pump: æ-titchin~ means securing -the boot back sec-tion and a stitching Elange of the third shell together.
Good nesting can be achieved by having the three shell~ appropriately arcuately bent about their vertical and horizontal axes.
Further objects and advan~ages of the invention will appear from -the de~cription -that follow~ o~ a prefer-red embodiment having reference to the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DR~WINGS
Figure 1 is a dia~rammatic perspective view of a known ice-~kate provided with an air-pump assembly according to the invention; Figure 2 being a diagrammatic exploded si.de view of the same;
Figure 3 is a diagrammatic elevation view of the air-pump assembly and Figures 4 to 6, cross-sectional views respectively along line~ IV-IV, V-V, and VI-VI
of Pigure 3; Figure IV further including a thixd shell.
DESCRIPTXON O~ THE PREFER~ED ~MBODIMENT
The air-pumping assembly 1 is ~hown to be mounted, in Figures 1 and 2, on the back section 3 of a conventional ice-skate 5 in which the skatin~ blade 7 i~ fixed to the boot 9. The latter has, between its ; stiff outer shell and its cushioning inner material, an inflatable air bladder 11 which serves, as is known, ~: : to provide a better and more comfortable grip of the wearer's foot. Connected to the bladder 11 i5 a flexible air conducting plpe 13 extending out of the boot ~, at its back.
~he a~ernbly 1 itself iæ seen to compri~e an air pump 15 of known type and e3sentially -the same as the air pump di~c:lo~ed in the above~mentioned U.S. patent.
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, ' ,, ,," '; ,-',, ' ~ ` : ' ~ , : , ' ~ ~ 3 ~d Its body defines an air chamber 17 (Fig. 4), having a rigid base 19 and a pumping memb:rane 20 movable rela-ti~e to the base 19, being composled of a hard flat pushbu-tton 21 having a circumscribing resilient skirt 23 merging, at its free end, into a rigid lobe 25 air-tightly press-fitted into an appropriate niche 27 provided in the base 19. An air-outlet conduit 29 leads the air out of the chamber. As gathered, depression of the push button 21 sends air out of the chamber 17 through khe conduit 29. A check-valve (not shown) allows air to be sucked into the chamber 17 upon release oE the push button 21. Th~ air-pump 15 :Eurther includes a valving unit 31 to which the conduit 29 is connected. Leading out of the Ullit 31 is a hard pipe 33 over the outwardly ribbed end of which the end of the bladder flexible air pipe 13 is mounted.
The valve unit 31 includes, in known manner and somewhat like the valve unit of a common tire air-chamber, a valve sleeve into which a valve head is movable between an open position when the membrane push button 21 i~ depressed to allow air into the bladder 11 through the air pipes 33 and 13, and a close position under a spring bias applied on the stem of the valve head when the push button 21 is released. Additionally, the valving unit 31 includes an axially displaceable deflation rod coaxial with the valve-head stem and operable from outside the valve sleeve to contact and move the valve-head stem and valve head t.G open position against the stem bias, when it is desired to evacuate the air bladder 30 through an appropxiate bleeding arrangement of the valving unit.
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The air-pumpiny assembly 1 also comprises a first shell 37 intu which nest~ a second shell 39, both being advantageously slightly concave about their vertical and horizontal axes as seen in Figs~ 4, 5 and 6. They define b~tween them a pump housing 41 having an apexture 43 capable of giving access to the push button 21 for operating the pump which is fixecl to the pump body in a manner described hereinbelow.
According to the invention, the size of the housing 41 is sufficient so that the air pump 15 i9 held wholly in it, protectively against outside shocks, as best appreciated in Figs. l and 5; the membrane push button 21 being then of course accessible from outside the first shell 37 through the aperture 43. For this ..
purpose, the operative portion of the pump membrane 20, that is the push button 21, stands flush with the outer surface o$ the ~irst shell 37, as in Fig. 5. It is recom-mended however, for ~reater protection, thiat it stand ~
inwardly of the pump housing 41 short of the aperture 43, as appreciated from Fig. 1. - .
Again in ~accordance with the invention, the first shell 37 bends inward to form an angle defining an outwardly open nook or recess 45 (Figs. 1, 6) into ~ ~ which the deflection rod 35 extends. Again and somewhat ~;
: 25: like the housing 41, the size o~ the recess 45 is suffi-cient so that the rod 35 is completely received in it, protectively against outside shocks or blows from a flying .
puck, a hockey stick or the skatin~ blade of another player, as a~oresaid~
For a stronger construction and also for aes-thetic reasons, :it is recommended that the two concave shells 37, w1th the pump 15 secured in the housing 41, be~ fitted over an outwaxdly convex thlrd shell ~7 and : :
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-the three shells secured together by medical-type rivets 49, as in Fig. 6. These rivets are well known and include an outer disk-like head that should be enclosed in appro-priate recesses of the flrst shell 37, flush with its outer surface.
The third shell could be made, for instance, of hard foam material coated with a layer of fabric material on its side facing the second shell 39. As to the first and second shells 37, 39, they could be made of hard nylon.
As shown, the second shell 39 has straight pump brackets 51, 53, essentially parallel in pairs and clirected away from the first shell 37 around the housing aperture 43. These brackets Sl, 53, are further turned toward one another at their ends away Erom the aperture 43 to form a bottom support 55 for the air pump 15.
The support 55 is apertured to allow exit of the pump outlet pipe 33 (Fig. 5). The brackets 51, 53, the bottom support 55 and the first shell 37 around th~ aperture 43 define together the housing 41 for the pump lS. The ~third shell 47, on the other hand, is recessed at 57 (Fig. 6~ to receive the bottom support 55. Also, the outer face of the second shell 39 is turned in at 59 ~into a flange joining an adjacent one of the pump brackets ~ 53 to form an angle into which lodges the angle of the first shell 37 de~ining the nook or rece~s 45. One side ~of~each o the angle~ has appxopriate holeis through which the deflation rod 35 may slide.
With reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 5, it is seen that the bottom part of the outer first shell 37 is bent inwarcl to form a boss 61 snapped lnto a compa nion groove 63 o~ the second shell 39 to hel~ in po~ition-, Ing the two shell6.
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Fiyure 4 shows that the pump 15 is ~ecured on the second shell 39 by means of a tongue-and-groove connection 65 between the pump base 19 and the pump brackets 53.
For a steadier hold of the pump 15 within the housing 41/ the first shell 37 has inwardly turned shoul-ders 67, around the aperture 43, which bu-tt against the hard base 19.
Finally, the inward end o the third shell 47 is formed with a circumscribing stitchlng flange 69.
Referring to Fig. 2, portions of the leather strips ~orm-ing the boot back section 3 have been turned out into flaps 71, 73, to ~how how the lower portion of the flange 69 is fixed to the boot by stitching 75. The upper por-tion of the flange 69 is, however, tucked beneath the rolled over edge 77 of thP upper end of the boot back eection.
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Claims (20)
1. An air-pumping assembly comprising:
- an air pump including a body having a rigid base and a pumping membrane solid with and movable rela-tive to said base to define an air chamber; said air pump further including a valving unit in operative air communication with said chamber; said unit including an outwardly projecting air deflation rod;
- a first shell and a second shell nested within said first shell, said shells defining therebetween a pump housing having an aperture capable of giving access to said pumping membrane for operating said pump;
- means mounting said air pump into said housing, said housing being sized so that said air pump is held completely therein to be protected against outside shocks, and said aperture being sized so that said membrane is accessible for operation from outside said first shell, and - said first shell being formed with an out-wardly open recess into which said deflation rod is received, said recess being sized so that said rod is held completely therein to be protected against outside shocks while being accessible from outside said first shell for actuation.
- an air pump including a body having a rigid base and a pumping membrane solid with and movable rela-tive to said base to define an air chamber; said air pump further including a valving unit in operative air communication with said chamber; said unit including an outwardly projecting air deflation rod;
- a first shell and a second shell nested within said first shell, said shells defining therebetween a pump housing having an aperture capable of giving access to said pumping membrane for operating said pump;
- means mounting said air pump into said housing, said housing being sized so that said air pump is held completely therein to be protected against outside shocks, and said aperture being sized so that said membrane is accessible for operation from outside said first shell, and - said first shell being formed with an out-wardly open recess into which said deflation rod is received, said recess being sized so that said rod is held completely therein to be protected against outside shocks while being accessible from outside said first shell for actuation.
2. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third shell nesting into said second shell, and means securing said shells together.
3. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said shells are concave.
4. 4. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third shell is molded in hard foam mate-rial.
5. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said foam material is coated with a layer of fabric material on the side thereof facing said second shell.
6. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said shells are concave.
7. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first and second shells are made of hard nylon.
8. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pumping membrane has an operative portion flush with the outer surface of said first shell, in relaxed condition of said membrane.
9. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pumping membrane has an operative portion standing inwardly of said pump housing, short of said housing aperture, in relaxed condition of said membrane.
10. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a third shell nesting into said second shell, and means securing said shells together.
11. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a third shell nesting into said second shell, and means securing said shells together.
12. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein:
- said air pump is fixed to said second shell;
- said housing aperture is formed through said first shell;
- said first shell has shoulders, around said aperture, turned inwardly into said housing and butting against said solid base of said air chamber body to hold said air pump into said housing.
- said air pump is fixed to said second shell;
- said housing aperture is formed through said first shell;
- said first shell has shoulders, around said aperture, turned inwardly into said housing and butting against said solid base of said air chamber body to hold said air pump into said housing.
13. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein:
- said second shell has parallel pump brackets directed away from said first shell beyond said shoulders with respect to said aperture;
- said pump brackets are turned toward one another at their end away from said aperture to form a bottom support for said air pump; said brackets, said bottom support and said first shell around said aperture defining said pump housing, and - said pump mounting means consist of a tongue-and-groove connection on said pump rigid base and on said brackets, respectively.
- said second shell has parallel pump brackets directed away from said first shell beyond said shoulders with respect to said aperture;
- said pump brackets are turned toward one another at their end away from said aperture to form a bottom support for said air pump; said brackets, said bottom support and said first shell around said aperture defining said pump housing, and - said pump mounting means consist of a tongue-and-groove connection on said pump rigid base and on said brackets, respectively.
14. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said shells are concave.
15. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said air pump includes an air inflation pipe leading out of said valving unit, and said third shell has a circumscribing stitching flange; said assembly in combination with:
- an ice skate comprising a boot having a rigid outer shell including a back section and an inflatable air bladder, in said shell; said bladder having an air inlet pipe connected to said air inflation pipe, and stitching means securing said stitching flange and said boot back portion together.
- an ice skate comprising a boot having a rigid outer shell including a back section and an inflatable air bladder, in said shell; said bladder having an air inlet pipe connected to said air inflation pipe, and stitching means securing said stitching flange and said boot back portion together.
16. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein said shells are concave.
17. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein:
- said air pump is fixed to said second shell;
- said housing aperture is formed through said first shell;
- said first shell has shoulders, around said aperture, turned inwardly into said housing and butting against said solid base of said air chamber body to hold said air pump into said housing.
- said air pump is fixed to said second shell;
- said housing aperture is formed through said first shell;
- said first shell has shoulders, around said aperture, turned inwardly into said housing and butting against said solid base of said air chamber body to hold said air pump into said housing.
18. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein:
- said second shell has parallel pump brackets directed away from said first shell beyond said shoulders with respect to said aperture;
- said pump brackets are turned toward one another at their ends away from said aperture to form a bottom support for said air pump; said brackets, said bottom support and said first shell around said aperture defining said pump housing, and - said pump mounting means consist of a tongue-and-groove connection on said pump rigid base and on said brackets, respectively.
- said second shell has parallel pump brackets directed away from said first shell beyond said shoulders with respect to said aperture;
- said pump brackets are turned toward one another at their ends away from said aperture to form a bottom support for said air pump; said brackets, said bottom support and said first shell around said aperture defining said pump housing, and - said pump mounting means consist of a tongue-and-groove connection on said pump rigid base and on said brackets, respectively.
19. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein said pumping membrane has an operative portion flush with the outer surface of said first shell, in relaxed condition of said membrane.
20. A pumping assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein said pumping membrane has an operative portion standing inwardly of said pump housing, short of said housing aperture, in relaxed condition of said membrane.
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